Object Handling for People With Dementia: A Scoping Review and the Development of Intervention Guidance.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Among the various psychosocial interventions aiming at improving behavior, quality of life, and the well-being of people with dementia, one that has attracted recent attention has been object handling. This scoping review synthesizes available studies on object handling for people with dementia, their effects, and methodological characteristics and describes its components and likely domains.

Research design and methods

The search was conducted using CINAHL, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, PsycARTICLES, Academic Search Elite, and Art Full Text, plus review of reference lists and hand search. Data from the studies included were chattered and reported in narrative form.

Results

Eleven studies were included; of which, 9 described a group intervention and 10

SUBMITTER: D'Andrea F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9331071 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature